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“May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.” – Mary Anne Radmacher Read on for homeowner seasonal tips you should consider and discover lifestyle tips curated just for you! |
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Where to See the Most Spectacular Christmas Lights Around Fort Worth The magic is back. After a dimmer holiday celebration in 2020, the Fort Worth area is lighting up, merry and bright, for the Christmas season once again — from towering trees that twinkle and shine to dazzling drive-thru displays and immersive walk-thru experiences. Here's our 2021 guide to the biggest, brightest, most spectacular Christmas light displays in the area. |
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Real Estate in the News |
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How Working From Home is Changing the Suburbs as We Know Them In the spring of 2020, many of the typical draws to cities — plays, nightclubs, restaurants — shut down. Space took on a premium, as small apartments close to others felt particularly claustrophobic. All of a sudden, a big home in the suburbs for the same monthly price as a tiny apartment in the city got a whole lot more attractive. More companies than ever are allowing employees to work from home, and studies say that between 13 and 45 percent of the workforce is now remote some or all of the time. As a result, a new rush to the suburbs is well underway. The number of net new households that moved to the suburbs grew 43 percent last year, according to data from the Wall Street Journal, compared to 2019. |
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Dallas County |
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Efforts to Build Affordable Workforce Housing in Dallas Rent and property values are soaring in Dallas. But many efforts are underway to help Dallas workers stay in the city. “We are pushing more and more people out of the city because we don't have enough housing for them. So, we're displacing them. They're moving into the suburbs,” said Dallas City Council Member Chad West. |
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Downtown’s Biggest Park Looks Great - Even With That Highway Above It |
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Tarrant County |
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Fort Worth Grabs Life by the Horns as No. 5 City to Live After College |
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Collin County |
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Future Neighborhood Near PGA Frisco Could See Larger Home Lots Frisco’s Planning and Zoning Commission gave nods of approval toward adding more large-sized residential lots in a neighborhood to be located near the future PGA headquarters. Commissioners on Nov. 22 voted to approve a density change to plans for The Preserve, a neighborhood that city documents said could include 565 single-family homes at the northeast corner of Teel and Panther Creek Parkways. |
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Plano is among the Top 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S. If you have a Plano address or you want to obtain one in the near future, add this fun fact to your points of pride. Plano has been named one of the 2021 Top 100 Best Places to Live by Livability.com, outpacing more than 1,000 cities with populations between 20,000 and 1 million in this data-driven ranking. |
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Denton County |
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Dallas-Fort Worth County Raises the Roof With Biggest U.S. Housing Booms |
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Shoppers in This Dallas Suburb Are the Biggest Holiday Spenders in America you live in Flower Mound, you may be making a holiday shopping list as long as a Christmas tree garland and checking it more than twice. The Dallas-Fort Worth city wraps up the No. 1 spot on a new national list of U.S. cities with the fattest holiday budgets, published by personal finance website WalletHub. |
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Lifestyle Tips & Tricks |
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Millennials and Homebuying: Real Estate Adapts to Largest Generation According to the American Community and American Housing surveys, there are 66 million millennials in the U.S., and they now represent 37 percent of the total national homebuying market. Millennials approach homebuying differently than older generations. It’s not just an obsession with Zillow browsing, but also different preferences for what they want in a home and more comfort in relying more heavily on digital processes from walkthroughs to closings, so the landscape is shifting to accommodate their needs and desires.
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Try These Alcohol-Free Spirits This Holiday Season Fueled by consumers' interest to drink less alcohol or cut it out entirely, many brands have come out with alcohol-free spirits that look and taste just like the real deal. These zero-proof creations can be used to whip up mocktails, in conjunction with alcohol in order to cut back on a drink's ABV, or, in many cases, enjoyed entirely on their own. |
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Designers Share the Interior Design Trends They're Most Excited About for 2022 2021 has looked a bit more similar to 2020 than we hoped, but that has meant we've continued to lean into our homes for creative inspiration this year. While we are crossing our fingers for more cocktail parties and jet-setting come 2022, appreciation for our homes as sanctuaries is here to stay. |
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The Best Holiday Destinations for 2022 As the green shoots of travel turn to tall, towering oaks, 2022 is a chance for us to reconnect to the best holiday destinations in a deeper, more authentic way. We’ll be reminded often of why we travel; those sparks of curiosity and adventure will be fanned to roaring flames, and as travel steadily finds its way back into our lives, we’ll appreciate every moment that comes with it! |
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